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Pretty serious allegations. On the face of it, it looks to clearly be a violation of the law.

I suppose we will see everything done to derail this train. Accusations it’s just politics. Trying to say if he didn’t change his decision it’s not bribery and you can bet they are pouring over those signatures on that petition to try and get it declared invalid.

But with or without the petition it’s pretty clear something is going on. Dalrymple needs his day in court to clear his name, or not.

Thank you for the links. I really appreciate it. I want to remind readers once again that North Dakota ranked 43rd in the Nation’s Corruption Risk Card. The state scored an F in political financing, legislative accountability, lobbying disclosure, ethics enforcement agencies, state civil service management, state pension fund management, state insurance commissions, and redistricting. And…they got a D in executive accountability. 43rd…way too low. People make cracks about New Jersey being corrupt. Guess what…they are number 1. They have the highest score, the lowest risk of governmental corruption.

Well, duh! I have Democrat friends who think only Republicans do political stuff like this. The tropical storm in New England very possibly will be remembered by some as a Republican conspiracy. The far, far left, has a legacy of very short memories. There is a left fringe group who thinks legal campaign contributions are fine for Democrats, but criminal for Republicans. To call these potential charges baseless is an understatement. These types of actions are literally a part of the fabric of the state who calls themselves North Dakota Nice. The intelligent undecideds will flock to Dalrymple over this. We don’t give ND voters enough credit.

You’re right. I’m mixing this up with Kevin Cramer’s opponent who charged him with being unethical. Same song, different verse. In both cases, no court will find illegal activity. Yes, the law should apply to everyone. Neither of these guys broke the law. You’ll see, but of course it will be after the election. What fun. about 10 people care about this.

Glen: I don’t think this site is friendly to that type of logic. In less than one hour, you got 6 dislikes. In my 9:51 comment, I stated, “there is a left fringe group who thinks legal campaign contributions are fine for Democrats, but criminal for Republicans.” Most common sense Democrats and Republicans are fine with legal contributions. Kevin Cramer’s opponent is not among them, by the way.

All 10 North Dakotans concerned about this will see the light. There is literally nothing here. Reed Soderstrom failed in the court about 10 times and never apologized to us. If this isn’t politically motivated, why are the two North Dakotans pushing this the hardest the independent Governor candidate and the Democratic Lt. Governor candidate. There’s 300,000 ND citizens in ND who could have introduced this. this is too funny. All 10 of you will be eating crow before Christmas.

Alvin, the little news blurb below is from the Forum. More than the 10 you think there are. Read the links I posted way up at the top of this forum.

WILLISTON, N.D. – Residents of Dunn County want a grand jury to decide if campaign contributions Gov. Jack Dalrymple accepted from the oil industry may be considered bribery.

More than 170 residents signed a petition submitted Wednesday that could force the Dunn County District Court to convene a grand jury and consider whether Dalrymple should be prosecuted under Class C felony bribery statutes.

The petition, which uses a state statute that may not have been used in decades, stems from money Dalrymple’s campaign accepted while he was also serving as the head of the North Dakota Industrial Commission.

﻿I get that, JimBob. I was referring to the 10 people in the Red River Valley and kind of being a bit of a wise guy. Republicans in every office get donations from oil while serving on every kind of board. Democrats do too, except from different interest groups. Democratic leaders initiated this a few days before the election and a handful of Dunn County folks jumped on. You think there’s some thing here. I think it’s typical DFL. You know, North Dakota nice. I’m right.
You’ll see soon enough.

It seems that the extreme right-wing is unable to read the law and understand it. Is that why they operate as though they are above the law? Conservativism is a political ideology. I believed “neo-conservatism was a mental illness, but now it appears to be a learning disability! And so it goes…..

There’s no winning with you, carcass. When Dalrymple is exonerated, you’ll say it’s a crooked judge or the GOP manipulating the system. Many of your friends here will give you a thumbs-up, but your name-calling, angry mob mentality makes you irrelevant. The fact that you think only Democrats should get campaign contributions from special interests proves your inability to be objective.